To resolve the massive traffic in Metro Manila, a new railway project aim to connect Diliman, Quezon City and Quiapo, Manila is about to be built by a Malaysian company.

In a press conference held at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez stated that $ 1 billion worth of project was signed by Malaysian company East West Rail Transit Corporation, in partnership with the A. Brown Local Company of the Philippines. This one of the Public Private Partnership Project confirmed the day after President Duterte state visitation in Malaysia.

According to Secretary Lopez, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will be supervising the project. He added that the project will undergo a normal process to see more beneficial options.

Earlier this announcement, Secretary Lopez mentioned that are numbers of prospected investors expressed interest to run businesses in the Philippines due to the President Rodrigo Duterte commitment of sweeping out corruption in government.